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Promptuarium musicum, ed. by Abraham Schadaeus (Anton Bertram, Carl Kieffer, Paul Ledertz, Strasbourg 1611-17).

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This vast collection of sacred music contains 436 motets in 4 volumes: Pars Prima: 83 motets, Pars Altera: 100 motets, Pars Tertia: 121 motets, Pars Quarta: 132 motets.
Most of the composers are Italian musicians who flourished between the end of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century.
Giovanni Battista Stefanini (1574 - 1630):   Beata es Virgo Maria, Motet a 7
scoring: SSSAAAT or GGGTTTB
What is the meaning of these icons?   31
Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 - 1601):   Canite tuba in Sion, Motet a 8
scoring: SAATTTBB
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Giovanni Battista Stefanini (1574 - 1630):   Christus resurgens mortuis, Motet a 5
scoring: SATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Orfeo Vecchi (c. 1551 - 1603):   Gloria in excelsis Deo, Motet a 6
scoring: SSATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?    7
Cesario Gussago (flourished 1599-1612):   Laetentur coeli, Motet a 8
scoring: SSAATTBB
What is the meaning of these icons?   20
Alessandro Orologio (c. 1550 - 1633):   Miserere mei, Deus, Motet a 5
scoring: SATTB or STTTB
What is the meaning of these icons?   10
Giovanni Battista Stefanini (1574 - 1630):   Nativitas tua Dei genitrix virgo, Motet a 6
scoring: SSSAAB or SSATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?   13
Giovanni Battista Stefanini (1574 - 1630):   Parvulus filius, Motet a 6
scoring: SSATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?    22